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1)Candidate Statements for Local Elections 2022 Pdf 275 Pages
2)Full list of candidates for all positions in Local Elections 2022 Pdf 37 Pages
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What is mana whenua? In the consenting context, mana whenua means the indigenous people (Māori) who have historic and territorial rights over the land. It refers to iwi and hapū (Māori tribal groups) who have these rights in Tāmaki Makaurau, Auckland.
Mana whenua interests are represented by 19 iwi (tribal) authorities in Tāmaki Makaurau, Auckland.
Resource consent applicants need to engage with mana whenua, in certain circumstances, by contacting the relevant iwi authority.
Mana whenua and the environment
Mana whenua have a special cultural and spiritual relationship with the environment, which is a matter of national importance under the Resource Management Act.
This includes their relationship with their:
- waahi tapu (sacred sites)
- taonga (treasures)
- water
- ancestral lands.
Resource consent applicants and the council must consider these matters of national importance.
When you should consult mana whenua organizations
Resource consent applicants are expected to consult with iwi authorities when developments affect mana whenua values.
The best way to identify these values and take these into account is through consultation with the relevant iwi authorities.
Mana whenua values may be affected by developments subject to or involving:
- landscape overlays
- maunga (volcanic) viewshafts
- ancestral land
- significant ecological areas
- coastal marine area
- discharges to, or may enter, the sea, rivers, streams, lakes, wetlands, aquifers and air
- sites and places of significance to mana whenua
- historic heritage overlay sites of Māori interest and significance
- statutory acknowledgements
- treaty settlement land (PDF 299KB)
- Māori land.
Cultural Values Assessment (CVA)
As part of the consent application process, new developments may need to provide a Cultural Values Assessments (CVA), prepared by mana whenua or their nominee.
Not all resource consent applications will require a CVA. This needs to be decided by the relevant iwi authority.
After consideration, mana whenua may formally advise that a CVA is not needed.
Benefits of engaging with mana whenua
Working with mana whenua can help you to:
- understand the history of your area and site
- be informed about the views of mana whenua
- ensure the Assessment of Environmental Effects (AEE) that must accompany your application fully identifies and addresses the effects of your proposal
- get written approvals from potentially affected iwi to help avoid notification
- reduce the risk of processing delays or appeals due to supplying an inadequate AEE.
Mana whenua’s expectations
When mana whenua are engaged by an applicant, they expect that:
- they have access to all relevant consent information
- there is a willingness to meet face-to-face
- their views are respected
- their intellectual property is handled with sensitivity
- they have the right to:
- decide what their interests in an application are, and declare those interests
- make submissions on notified applications and be heard in support of those submissions.
You do not need to reach an agreement, but you are obliged to report on the outcomes of any consultation you undertake. If mana whenua concerns cannot be resolved, but you still want to proceed with the application, then the application must demonstrate that you made genuine attempts to engage in an open and honest manner.
Cost of engaging with mana whenua: Mana whenua organizations, or their nominee, may charge a fee to:- consider an application *conduct a site visit *meet with applicants and their experts *prepare a cultural values assessment, if one is needed. Mana whenua organizations should provide a schedule of their fees before any work starts. You can ask for an estimate of costs before you formally engage with mana whenua.
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To take action, we need to act now. How do we plan to take action. This is a human centered approach, by dramatically changing how we move around the region and how we work. Our economy is based less on consumption. We must make radical urgent changes to what we do as individuals, communities and businesses. We must embed mataurangi Maori and Te Ao Maori principles to ensure no-one is left behind.. We will make major shift
The narrative speaks to the struggles of Tāwhirimātea, the primal ancestor associated with weather. Tied to the Māori creation narratives of the universe and the world, Tāwhiri-mātea is seen to be influencing our climate and accelerating the change in our climate in response to human induced climate change.
the climate, as part of a wider whakapapa / intergenerational symbiotic system of relationships, is always moving and changing. We are responding specifically to the impacts of human induced change as a result of western-centred values, behaviours and systems. • our tupuna Atua / primal ancestors are reciprocating those behaviours, which we refer to Te Tāruke-a-Tāwhiri – the struggles of Tāwhiri
The global response to climate change must be underpinned by the best knowledge available. Indigenous knowledge systems
To guide Auckland’s approach to climate action, mana whenua, through the Mana Whenua Kaitiaki Forum has partnered with the council to provide a Te Ao Māori perspective throughout the development of the plan. Early in the process, this forum set up a climate change working group to work with council representatives and subject matter experts on their response to climate change. Climate Change included in all Global Development Goal UN Agenda 2030. Includes Mass Migration ‘Environmental Migration globally)
Leading the response The Mana Whenua Kaitiaki Forum has taken the lead role in anchoring and guiding a Māori response to climate change within Tāmaki Makaurau and working closely with Māori community organisations. The approach has been underpinned by the following principles: • whakapapa centred approach to understanding and responding to climate change (Te Tāruke-ā-Tāwhiri) • mātauranga Māori forming the foundation to restoring balance with our tupuna Atua • mana whenua-led conversation, focused on a practical expression of our obligations of kaitiakitanga of Tāmaki Makaurau and the manaakitanga of its people and, in particular, our Māori communities..Auckland Council in Phil Goff signed Auckland City up to the C40 Cities Global Green Deal. This includes support, promoting a Plant based diet. The Auckland Council climate plan reinforces C40 city initiatives. 2018 the Mayors Migration Council introduced the Mayors Migration Declaration through a Global Mayors Mitigation Group. Planning of future mass migration is to be established by Mayors of C40 cities worldwide. (Climate Refuges namely ‘Environmental Migration)
The C40 Cities Climate Leadership Group is a group of 100 global cities committed to taking bold climate action.
Auckland has been recognised as an Innovator City within the C40 network since 2015 and has endorsed a range of C40 commitments, including: • the Green and Healthy Streets Declaration (formerly the Fossil Fuel Free Streets Declaration) Auckland Council will endorse and enable to put Iwi/Maori framework into action. :
The Auckland Council references the following :- The development of an indigenous measurement tool to support management, prioritization, and measurement of the state of progress against the indigenous framework.
Actively partnering with Iwi and recognized organizations to co-design and implement reconnection programmes for rangatahi and their whānau. To endorse support resource food sovereignty in accordance with Indigenous measurement tools
Auckland Council is a delegate of the Crown exercising powers of local government in Auckland and has statutory obligations to Iwi/Māori to recognise, respect the Crown’s responsibility to take appropriate account of the principles of the Treaty.
The Council reports that the Treaty is articulated in law through an evolving set of principles. Treaty principles have been expressed and recognised through a range of courts and the Waitangi Tribunal. They are not exhaustive, and it is recognised that other principles may be developed with time. (NZ’s Founding document ‘Te Tiriti o Waitangi’ did not create Principles nor did it create Partnerships).
The Waitangi Act and the Crown Enterprises Act created these Partnerships and Principles that continue to be entered into our domestic policies and regulation. Not one political crony in the Cesspit of Wellington will stand up and tell the truth about this whole corruption. Instead they keep the corruption going through entering Principles and Partnership time and time again in Bills, Legislations and Regulations.
Whiria Te Muka Tangata is Auckland Council’s Māori Responsiveness Framework. It brings together the council’s commitments and obligations to Māori. This enables Auckland Council to ensure that it considers how its policies and actions recognise and protect Māori rights and interests, and contribute to Māori needs and aspirations.
Auckland Climate Plan has a Independent Iwi/Maori Statutury Board. They are Non-Elected bodies with specific powers given to them by local and central government to promote cultural, economic, environmental and social issues of significance to Maori. (They mean certain Iwi Elite). This the Auckland Council states is a partnership approach as a Te Titiri partner. An economic force at Iwi/Maori levels. (There is NO Partnership in Te Tiriti o Waitangi) . FOLLOW THE MONEY….
ACTIONS: • mātauranga Māori plays an equal role in decisionmaking • establish a Māori Sustainability Office / Think Tank for the Mana Whenua Kaitiaki Forum • establish Mana Whenua supported rangatahi group (intergenerational) • establish an online Māori knowledge and information portal • preparing and educating Māori communities, businesses and landowners for change • promote new ways of collective action
Māori have had to bear the negative impacts of colonisation, westernisation and urbanisation for over 160 years within Tāmaki Makaurau. Any response to climate change needs to consider the impacts on Māori and, in particular, mana whenua. Our collective response to climate change needs to enable sustainable circular Māori economic development and growth and encourage innovation across Māori business ecosystems. A key outcome is to focus on lifting whānau Māori from poverty and transform the conditions of wellbeing with whānau. Mātauranga Māori Mātauranga Māori – Māori knowledge systems and practices hold a key to climate change response. Mātauranga Māori is community-based and collective knowledge that offers valuable insights that complement western scientific data with chronological and landscape specific precision and detail. This is critical to verifying climate models and evaluating change scenarios. Māori knowledge systems and practice provide a strong foundation for community-based adaption and mitigation actions. Mana whenua have been able to observe and interpret change through the environment within Tāmaki Makaurau over many generations.
There will be times when our leaders need to decide and act to protect and enhance mauri before everybody is ready
Climate emergency We are seeing millions of people around the world strike, led by youth calling for a safe climate future. People across Aotearoa have called for decisions and action to protect our regions and our planet from the impacts of climate change. In June 2019, Auckland Council responded to this call and the irrefutable evidence of climate change by declaring that our region is facing climate emergency. By declaring a climate emergency, the council commits to: • incorporate climate change considerations into work programmes and decisions • provide local government leadership in the face of climate change, including collaborating with local and central government partners advocate for greater central government leadership and action on climate change • increase the visibility of our climate change work • lead by example in monitoring and reducing its greenhouse gas emissions • include climate change impact statements on all council committee reports. Responding to the climate emergency will require rapid and transformational change in how we live, work and travel. Our eight priorities identify the actions we need to take in our emergency response
Climate emergency We are seeing millions of people around the world strike, led by youth calling for a safe climate future. People across Aotearoa have called for decisions and action to protect our regions and our planet from the impacts of climate change. In June 2019, Auckland Council responded to this call and the irrefutable evidence of climate change by declaring that our region is facing climate emergency. By declaring a climate emergency, the council commits to: • incorporate climate change considerations into work programmes and decisions • provide local government leadership in the face of climate change, including collaborating with local and central government partners advocate for greater central government leadership and action on climate change • increase the visibility of our climate change work • lead by example in monitoring and reducing its greenhouse gas emissions • include climate change impact statements on all council committee reports. Responding to the climate emergency will require rapid and transformational change in how we live, work and travel. Our eight priorities identify the actions we need to take in our emergency response
https://www.aucklandcouncil.govt.nz/plans-projects-policies-reports-bylaws/our-plans-strategies/topic-based-plans-strategies/environmental-plans-strategies/aucklands-climate-plan/Documents/auckland-climate-plan.pdf
Anyone wishes to view this Auckland Council 179 page pdf https://www.aucklandcouncil.govt.nz/plans-projects-policies-reports-bylaws/our-plans-strategies/topic-based-plans-strategies/environmental-plans-strategies/aucklands-climate-plan/Documents/auckland-climate-plan.pdf
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June 2019 the global network of C40 Cities Report June 2019 referred to the impact of ‘urban consumption’ as to greenhouse emissions and the need to ensure urban/city reduce their greenhouse gas emissions in line with an internationally agreed limit. This includes: Urban consumption as a key driver of global greenhouse emissions having a significant impact beyond their geographical borders by influencing global supply chains. Stating that C40 Cities represent 10% of global emissions when accounting for consumption based emissions. Therefore C40 cities have a strong plan in place to significantly cut emissions directly within their geographic boundaries. These are emissions measured by what is consumed in cities, where urban consumption is to be halved by 2030 (7 years from now)
Where high income C40 cities must decrease their consumption by 2/3rds within the next decade, to adopt sustainable consumption patterns. Cities have already set targets to take meaningful action to reduce local emissions from buildings, energy, transport, waste, however its taking much more action than this. C40 Cities key consumption categories are that cities are to target food, buildings and infrastructure, clothing and textiles, private transport, aviation and electronics, also household appliances. Reduce the number of new clothing items an individual can buy each year. Dietary change – lower meat and dairy consumption, reduce the number of flights an individual can take, reduce car ownership
The report builds on ‘The Future of Urban Consumption in a 1.5c World which includes food as the biggest source of human consumption based emissions stating that food related emissions could increase by 38% by 2050 under a ‘business as usual’ scenario
That 60% of food emissions are agricultural, 16% relate to electricity use, 9% to fossil fuel production, 5% to transportation. Food types are documented as animal based food representing approx. 75% of food emissions against 25% consumption of plant based foods. Therefore C40 cities encourage, support the consumption of plant based foods, stating it is sustainable to eat much less meat and dairy that animal sourced food needs to decrease significantly. Make diets rich in nuts and vegetables. An average of 2,500 Kcal per person a day. The problem there is that depending on height, weight, metabolism, what sort of work one does depends on how many calories one may need to consume. (That throws that one out with the babies bath water.
As for plant based food research has found that this is higher in sugar and often lacks the important nutrients of real meat. That those that consume plant based foods fell below the daily requirement for calcium, magnesium, potassium, zinc and B12. Our bodies are designed to absorb protein from animal sources much more efficiently than from plants. The Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry has shown that we do not absorb as many essential or non essential amino acids from meat substitutes as we do from real meat itself.
The C40 Report that reducing food emissions from food consumption requires actions from all actors- government, business, cities, civil society and citizens. That government are to influence the availability and affordability of foods working with regulators conveners and educators to affect change. That urbanization/ cities will shape urban food consumption. Addressing food related consumption based emission in C40 cities 10th September 2019 report (Salesforce.com). Salesforce is a customer relationship management platform that enables businesses to manage customer data, sales operations and marketing campaigns.
Salesforce partners with Microsoft. Blackrock owns large shares in Salesforce. 66,756,973 shares. Vanguard also has shares in Salesforce. BlackRock the largest Asset manager of coal, oil and gas in the world. World Economic Forum biodiversity Cities by 2030. Transforming cities. The guiding framework for cities to transform their relationship with nature and urban development. WEF Network of Global Future Councils 2019-2020. The WEF Network. Director of International Diplomacy, C40 cities Climate. President and Chief Revenue Officer Salesforce. Deloitte, Salesforce and World Economic Forum collective action within the community to develop sustainable city solutions. C40 Cites is a network of mayors from a 100 cities worldwide.
Reduce private vehicles by 30%. C40 Cities and ‘no driving days program’. South Korea rewarding their citizens who reduce their driving each year in C40 Cities. A reward system. Mayors, business and citizens in C40 cities must take action to reduce consumption based emissions on aviation by 26% by 2030. Citizens living in urban/City areas to have their climate footprint measured in new ways which include consumption. Urban businesses, citizens what they ear, what their wear, how things are made and what transport they use
The Future of Urban Consumption in a 1.5c World produced in partnership with Arup and the University of Leeds collaborating with the C40 City Global Network, where C40 Cities consumption based emissions must be cut by 50% by 2030 (within 7years). Auckland a C40 City. Auckland Council website ‘Easy eco tips to green up your life’ 28/4/2023. Through activities, workshops cook healthy plant based meals use climate friendly transport.
Scoop News 5th January 2023 ‘ Aucklanders Rates Pay for Project to Convert Meat Eaters to Vegetarianism. Auckland Ratepayer Alliance called on Auckland Council to get its butt out of Aucklanders dining rooms after it uncovered that the council had spent nearly $50,000 on a survey to measure how receptive meat eating households are to converting to vegetarianism
Auckland rates significantly increasing and ratepayers money being spent on Aucklanders diets. Its reported that cities are leading the way to consumption degrowth. A planetary health diet by 2030. A C40 Food Cities Declaration. C40 City Adaption monitoring, Evaluation and Reporting Systems around the world, a governance structure. Operation of the MER System regional, national policy makers as well as other actors. Auckland plan sets out detailed series of indicators to measure success. Descriptions of climate action, sub-action, measurable targets, indicators, levels of resources required
The plan incudes a data series by partner agencies as well as data collated by Auckland City admin. The Auckland Adaption Plan can be found on the net it is 179 pages long.(Dated December 2020) Making urgent radical changes as to what you do as individuals, communities, businesses. Mana Whenua Kaitiaki Forum partnering with Auckland Council to provide a Maori perspective throughout the councils plan to control the population of Auckland, through an Iwi lens.
Stating our human behavior is out of balance with the world around us. Social engineering your behavior is critical to bring about their C40 Consumption reduction plan..
BEHAVIOURAL ENGINEERING OF POPULATION’S WITHIN URBAN ‘CITY’ AREA’S ‘AUCKLAND C40 CITY’ : How do you feel about being told you can only buy 3 items of clothing per year, what to eat and how many calories you are allowed consume per week? I kid you not, its on the global agenda this is a radical plan that’s ready to be implemented with urgency. How is Auckland Council spending rate payers money?
RESEARCHED BY Carol Sakey
LINKS
https://ourauckland.aucklandcouncil.govt.nz/news/2023/04/easy-eco-tips-to-green-up-your-life/
https://www.c40.org/news/new-research-shows-how-urban-consumption-drives-global-emissions/
https://www.c40.org/news/new-research-shows-how-urban-consumption-drives-global-emissions/
https://c40.my.salesforce.com/sfc/p/#36000001Enhz/a/1Q000000MfOM/N6kN_Qv9B.ilgwImBIwaOKqDXVKtr5wcjY6q8NBtw40 Addressing Food related consumption based emissions in C40 cities (Salesforce.com) 31 pages 10th September 2019
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